Meanings of empty snail in English

But by good fortune he came upon an empty snail shell.

At last, by good chance, he found a large empty snail-shell.

I put the glorious one inside an empty snail-shell, which I plug up with a leaf.

Fortunately, he knocked against an empty snail-shell.

A hermit crab, you know, lives on the seashore and takes possession of an empty snail shell for a house.

A yet more remarkable feature: we find pretty often, encrusted on the dome, a few tiny, empty snail-shells, bleached by the sun.

They took their spears from the pond side-deadlypointed rushes they were, and they placed upon their heads helmets that were empty snail shells.

I add an assortment of empty Snail-shells, after carefully cleaning the interior so as to make the Osmia's stay more pleasant.

Moreover, I have scattered in front of either hive a few handfuls of empty Snail-shells, specially chosen for the object which I have in view.